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Delhaize Grocery Group Sizes Up Global Carbon Footprint for the First Time
12 August 2009:
With 2,673 groceries in the U.S., Belgium, Greece, Romania and Indonesia, the Delhaize Group has pegged its CO2e emissions at 2.7 million tonnes, or .59 tonnes per square meter of sales area, for 2008, the firm said in its latest corporate responsibility report.
The range of emissions per square meter of sales area for similar international retailers is .21 tonnes CO2 per square meter to .64 tonnes per square meter according to the report.
(For example, leading U.K. retailer Tesco with roughly 2,700 stores globally in 2007 said the carbon footprint for the Tesco Group that year was 4.47 million tonnes of CO2e.)
The assessment for Delhaize, conducted by Environmental Resources Management, and its disclosure fulfill a promise made in the company's initial CR report, which was issued in 2008 and covered corporate responsibility efforts in 2007.
The group's stores accounted for almost 86 percent of emissions with transportation a far distant second at 8 percent; distribution centers, 5.6 percent and offices a mere .5 percent.
In terms of source, 63.6 percent of the emissions resulted from use of electricity, followed by refrigerants at 25 percent.; natural gas, 2.6 percent, propane, .6 percent and light fuel at .2 percent.
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Source: Green Biz
